Monday, May 5, 2014

Motherhood on My Mind

As I prepare for the Listen to Your Mother Spokane dress rehearsal tonight, and look forward to spending Mother's Day 2014 with my mom (for the first time in 10 years!) and all three of my sons, I definitely have Motherhood on my mind. I think this week on the blog I will re-share some of my motherhood-related poems from the past. Let's start with this one:

Origins

My earliest world isOne of shapes and feelingsAn awareness thatEverything in that littleApartment is everything

Daddy is working lateSomething called swing shiftI am eating chicken pot pieAnd following her movementsWith my young eyes

She is busyI think she is foldingLaundry and carryingInside her what willBe my little brother

She is always somewhereWithin reachThere is a cord that tiesI am for herAnd she is for me